Be the first to discover the finest rising-star classical musicians of their generation. Astral's newest artists debut at the Winners Concert, in a showcase of masterful artistry.

Featuring:
ARKAI, string duo
Amer Hasan, clarinet
Hilda Huang, piano
Helen Zhibing Huang, soprano
Valentin Kovalev, saxophone
Julian Rhee, violin
Hao Yang, guitar

Aakash Mittal’s Nocturne suite offers listeners a reimagining of the night. The music places the density and sonic collisions of urban India alongside the meditations of a world at rest, night terrors conjured by the imagination, and the slow cadence of blue light melting into darkness. The second half of the program will feature Mittal’s new works for voice that explore dreams as a non linear space where memory, experience and premonition meet.

ARTISTS
Aakash Mittal | Alto Saxophone
Rajna Swaminathan | Mridangam
Miles Okazaki | Guitar
Jasmine Wilson | Voice
Shurmila Dhar | Voice
Eddy Kwon | Violin
Trevor New | Viola
Stephan Crump | Bass

Benjamin Baker, violin
Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director
Jordan Bak, viola
Alexander Hersh, cello and co-artistic director
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Kristina Bachrach, soprano

Augusta Read Thomas, composer and emcee

Program

Upon Wings of Words

Amy Beach: Theme and Variations for flute and string quartet
Augusta Read Thomas: Upon Wings of Words (Emily Dickinson Settings) for soprano and string quartet
—World Premiere
Alma Mahler: Five Lieder (1910) for soprano and string quartet (arr. Cliff Colnot)

Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Adam Nielsen, piano

Program

An exploration of the Mass woven through Western European, African American, and 21st-century traditions I. Kyrie

Caroline Shaw: Kyrie

Bach: “Wie jammern mich” from Cantata No. 170

Tyshawn Sorey: Songs for Death II. Agnus Dei

Caroline Shaw: Agnus Dei

Bach: “Komm, süßes Kreuz” from Saint Matthew Passion

Bonds: To a Brown Girl, Dead III. Credo

Caroline Shaw: Credo

Bach: “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” from Saint Matthew Passion

Moses Hogan, arr.: “Give Me Jesus” IV. Gloria

Caroline Shaw: Gloria

Bach: “Quia fecit mihi magna” from Magnificat

Moses Hogan, arr.: “My Good Lord Done Been Here” V. Sanctus

Caroline Shaw: Sanctus

Davóne Tines, arr.: “Amazing Grace”

Eastman: Prelude to The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc VI. Benedictus

Igee Dieudonné / D. Tines: Chorale

A celebration of popular Arias and Art Songs by leading Filipino-American Classical singers

Be treated to an afternoon of glorious opera arias, and exquisite German and Filipino Art Songs by Filipino-American singers currently making waves in the classical music scene. Sopranos Nicole Besa and Margarita Giannelli, and tenors Geoffrey Agpaio and Jared Esguerra will serenade you with music by Bernstein, Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Strauss and Verdi, and celebrated Filipino National Artists for Music Nicanor Abelardo and Francisco Santiago.

Friday, July 30, 7PM PT
Opening Night Orchestra Concert

Ming Luke, guest conductor
Montgomery: Starburst (2012)
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (1948)
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Intermission
Mozart: “Chi’o mi scordi di te”, Scene and Rondo, K.505 (1786)
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Anna Stoycheva, piano obbligato
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”) (1833)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 for soprano and orchestra (arr. Klaus Simon)

Gala Evening Benefiting Reach Teach Play

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Cynthia Erivo, vocalist

Legendary Women’s Voices
Songs by some of the greatest female singers of all time and orchestral works by female composers

Presented by the Ravinia Women’s Board

One-hour live performance - An Evening of Music Celebrating Juneteenth

Shana Oshiro, soprano | Jarrod Lee, baritone | Shawna Williams, dancer | Dr. Lester Green, piano | Pamela Simonson, narrator

With the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts

Join in an uplifting and festive musical celebration of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Including texts by Langston Hughes and Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., set to music by trailblazing composers Margaret Bonds and Adolphus Hailstork.   

A Joyful and reflective celebration through song, dance and narration!

Kolmar Music Collective featuring Rae-Myra Hilliard performing June 6th at Compound Yellow's Side Yard Sounds.

About this event

The Kolmar Music Collective is a group of classical musicians committed to searching out and performing the chamber works of diverse composers. Their June concert will feature guest Lyric Soprano Rae-Myra Hilliard singing spirituals arranged by Harry Burleigh, who introduced the genre into the concert repertoire. The group will present string quartets of late 19th century British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; William Grant Still, a leading 20th century African-American composer; and Chevalier de Saint-Georges, an extraordinary French classical composer, virtuoso violinist, and swordsman